TAKING THE CHILDREN; For the Terminator The Mission Is Unparalleled

PETER M. NICHOLS

Published: November 27, 1994

On a ceremonial run to honor the venerable Captain Kirk (Mr. Shatner), a newly christened Starship Enterprise is dragooned into a deadly rescue mission that many twists and time warps later joins Kirk and the current television crew under the command of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard (Mr. Stewart). This time the menace is a euphoria-producing band of energy, manipulated by the evil Dr. Soran (Mr. McDowell), inspiring heroics by all hands. VIOLENCE Some rather benign earthly scuffles; otherwise the action is from the big-bang school, with huge explosions of worlds (one with 230 million pre-industrial humans) and spaceships but nothing too personal. SEX None, save one reference that unlike the Enterprise crew, mariners of yore were unfortunate not to have had women aboard. PROFANITY A few expletives but none in need of deletion. For Which Children? AGES 3-8 Younger children will find it too big and confusing. AGES 8-13 This is a fine age for a first trek. AGES 14 and up If they're not among the converted, they may be bored. PETER M. NICHOLS